Brake-shoe brace.



, PATBNTED JULY 28, 1808. W. J. N. ALDRIDGE.

BRAKE SHOE BRAG'E. APPLICATION FILED @18.18.1808.

HQMMLJA PATENT OFFICE.

wILLIAMjJ'. N. ALDRIDGE, or SPRINGFIELD, MIssoi-IRI.'

BRAKE-.SHOE BRACE.

To all'whom 'iM/nay concern:

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM J. N. AI.- DRIDGE, ,a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-` siding at Springeld, in the county of Greene and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements -inBrake-Shoe Braces; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact descri tion ofthe invention, such as vwill. enab e othersskilled in theart to which it apper. tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to brake shoes and has for its object to providea novel lbrake shoe in which is placed peculiar means bracing the same.

Another Objectis to provide in a cast brake shoe efficient means forbracin a shoe and for carryin the loop-by which t e shoe is 'at- 'minutedetails ofthe invention, the invenvthis specification in Awhich like retion is not limited to these as the detailsof construction andcombination may be greatly varied without departing from the spirit andscope ofthe invention. y

In the annexed drawings forming a art of rence characters refer to likearts throu hout the several views and whic are for il ustrative purposesonly and therefore not drawn to any particular scale, Figure 1 is a topplan view of the shoe back; Fig. 2 is a side view ofv the same; Fig. 3is a bottom'view; Fig. 4 is a sectional view v.taken on the line 4-'-4of 1; Fig. 5 is a top plan view showing a brake shoe with the brace backapplied; and Fig. 6' is a side viewl of the brake shoe, parts beingshown in section. Referring more particularly-to the drawings, thepreferred embodiment of the present' invention is illustratedascomprising a-brace back composed ofa plate` 1 of steel or thelikeofanyconvenient dimensions, said plate being .cut longitudinally to form alurality of strips joinedby a yoke 2 at the ends. Certain of thesestrips for instance the vouter strips 3 and the mid 'strip 4 are curvedto conform to the rear face of-the brake shoe.

v. y Specification o f Letters'Patent. Application med Apre 16, 190s..seria; No. 427,495.

The/inner strips 5 are vpressed inwardly to 'Patented July as, loos,

3 and 4 and connectwith said yokes by meansof the curved ortion 6. Thetop loop 7 is provided with aterally outstandin ends 8' adapted toengage under the sai strips?) and is securely fastened thereto by meansof bolts 9. The brake shoe 10 is cast on said back brake as is clearlyshown in form arcs substantially parallel to the' strips' Figs. 5 and 6,in such a manner thatv the strips Sand 4 are iush with the outer face ofthe brake shoe4 and the strips 5 are embedded intermediate its faces,the loop 7 projecting therefrom.

p A brake shoe constructed after the mannerA described is used andapplied as an ordinary br'ake shoe.

tia y arc-shaped,'having' substantially the same center of curvature,certain 'of said strips beingl bent inwardly nearer saidscenter thanl ot.secured tocertainv of said str1 s.

' 3. In combination a meta platelongiers of said strips and aloop ytudinally slitted nearly from'end to end,

whereby are formed a plurality of longitudinal strips connected by an'end oke, alljof said strips being arc-shapedv and aving sub'- stantiallythe same axis of curvature, the outside and vmid strips bein'gfurtherfrom theaxis of curvature than thel intermediate strips; loops havinglaterally ei'rtending ends engaging under said outside strips, boltsclamping the same together anda metal shoe cast on said brace, the outerfaces of said shoe-being substantially iiushl 'with the said outside andmidway strips, said intermediate strips being intermedlate the outer andinner faces of'said shoe.

y In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence vof twosubscribing witnesses.

.IIN. ALDRIDGE.' Witnesses l TOM E- WILLIAMS, i B. s nun'rz.

